2024-05-04

Teacher Licensure in Virginia, USA

  • In Virginia, public school teachers must be licensed
  • However, some teachers only hold a temporary provisional license
  • Question: Do schools with higher percentages of provisionally-licensed teaches have lower test scores?

Data Sources

Passing Rates Decrease with Increasing Provisional Licensure and Poverty

ANOVA: Both Licensure and Poverty Level Are Significant

ANOVA Test Results
Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Pr(>F)
Poverty_Level 2 147691.395 73845.6977 475.533910 0.0000000
Provisional_Percent 1 12389.256 12389.2560 79.781376 0.0000000
Poverty_Level:Provisional_Percent 2 1280.747 640.3737 4.123726 0.0163326
Residuals 1856 288218.384 155.2901 NA NA